Jonathan Witonsky, MD, MAS

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #4517
San Francisco CA 94158
PronounsHe/Him/His
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0001-8264-0244 Additional info
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    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NYMD05/2017Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA06/2019Pediatrics Residency
    University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco, CA 06/2022Allergy and Immunology Fellowship
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CAMAS06/2022Clinical Research
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    Albert Einstein College of Medicine2016Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine2017Distinction in Research in Translational Science
    University of California, San Francisco2020  - 2021Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship
    University of California, San Francisco2021  - 2023Clinical Research Informatics Fellowship
    University of California, San Francisco2022Training in Clinical Research Master’s Program Outstanding Thesis Award
    American Lung Association2023  - 2024Catalyst Award
    National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH2023  - 2024Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program Award

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    Dr. Jonathan Witonsky is an allergist and immunologist who cares for children and adolescents with atopic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and food allergy. His research interests lie in the application of clinical, socioenvironmental, and genomic data to predict asthma-related outcomes among pediatric populations facing a disproportionate burden of the condition. Dr. Witonsky earned his medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in allergy and immunology at UCSF.

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    Improving Prediction of Asthma-related Outcomes with Genetic Ancestry-informed Lung Function Equations
    NIH/NHLBI K23HL169911Aug 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2028
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Description: The goal of this study is to evaluate genetic ancestry-informed lung function equations for predicting asthma-related outcomes while disentangling the social and genetic determinants of genetic ancestry differences in lung function.

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    1. HLA variation associated with peanut allergy and anaphylaxis among non-Hispanic Black individuals. JACI: Global. 2025; 4(3). Baojun Wu, PhD, Mao Yang, MS, Donglei Hu, PhD, Ray Zhang, Bin Liu, PhD, MPH, Samantha Hochstadt, MS, David E. Lanfear, MD, MS, Jonathan Witonsky, MD, MAS, Rajesh Kumar, MD, MS, Jill A. Hollenbach, PhD, MPH, Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, Elad Ziv, MD, and L. Keoki Williams, MD, MPH, MBA. View Publication.
    2. Epigenetic timing effects on child developmental outcomes: a longitudinal meta-regression of findings from the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics Consortium. Genome Med. 2025 Apr 14; 17(1):39. Neumann A, Sammallahti S, Cosin-Tomas M, Reese SE, Suderman M, Alemany S, Almqvist C, Andrusaityte S, Arshad SH, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, Beilin L, Breton C, Bustamante M, Czamara D, Dabelea D, Eng C, Eskenazi B, Fuemmeler BF, Gilliland FD, Grazuleviciene R, Håberg SE, Herberth G, Holland N, Hough A, Hu D, Huen K, Hüls A, Jarvelin MR, Jin J, Julvez J, Koletzko BV, Koppelman GH, Kull I, Lu X, Maitre L, Mason D, Melén E, Merid SK, Molloy PL, Mori TA, Mulder RH, Page CM, Richmond RC, Röder S, Ross JP, Schellhas L, Sebert S, Sheppard D, Snieder H, Starling AP, Stein DJ, Tindula G, van IJzendoorn MH, Vonk J, Walton E, Witonsky J, Xu CJ, Yang IV, Yousefi PD, Zar HJ, Zenclussen AC, Zhang H, Tiemeier H, London SJ, Felix JF, Cecil C. PMID: 40229801; PMCID: PMC11995515.
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    3. Independent and interactive effects of viral species on risk for lower respiratory tract illnesses in early life. medRxiv. 2025 Feb 26. Moore CM, Secor EA, Fairbanks-Mahnke A, Everman JL, Elhawary JR, Witonsky JI, Pruesse E, Chang CH, Contreras MG, Eng C, Canales K, Rosado T, Hu D, Huntsman S, Jackson ND, Li Y, Lopez N, Valentin AM, Medina V, Montanez-Lopez CA, Morin A, Nieves NA, Oh SS, Otero RA, Colon R, Rodriguez L, Sajuthi SP, Salazar S, Serrano G, Morales EV, Vazquez G, Morales NV, Williams BJM, Zhang P, Sheppard D, Rodriguez Santana JR, Seibold MA. PMID: 40061332; PMCID: PMC11888496.
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    4. Epigenetic patient stratification via contrastive machine learning refines hallmark biomarkers in minoritized children with asthma. Res Sq. 2024 Sep 13. Gorla A, Witonsky J, Elhawary JR, Chen ZJ, Mefford J, Perez-Garcia J, Huntsman S, Hu D, Eng C, Woodruff PG, Sankararaman S, Ziv E, Flint J, Zaitlen N, Burchard E, Rahmani E. PMID: 39315258; PMCID: PMC11419268.
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    5. Implications of Race Adjustment in Lung-Function Equations. N Engl J Med. 2024 Jun 13; 390(22):2083-2097. Diao JA, He Y, Khazanchi R, Nguemeni Tiako MJ, Witonsky JI, Pierson E, Rajpurkar P, Elhawary JR, Melas-Kyriazi L, Yen A, Martin AR, Levy S, Patel CJ, Farhat M, Borrell LN, Cho MH, Silverman EK, Burchard EG, Manrai AK. PMID: 38767252; PMCID: PMC11305821.
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    6. Race/Ethnicity and Clinical Prediction Algorithms for Childhood Asthma. NEJM Evid. 2023 Oct; 2(10):EVIDe2300187. Witonsky J, Burchard EG. PMID: 38320186.
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    7. Similar response to omalizumab in children with allergic asthma from different racial backgrounds. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 09; 11(9):2911-2913. Witonsky J, Elhawary JR, Millette LA, Holweg CTJ, Ko J, Raut P, Borrell LN. PMID: 37088376.
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    8. Race and Ethnicity in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation: An Official American Thoracic Society Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 04 15; 207(8):978-995. Bhakta NR, Bime C, Kaminsky DA, McCormack MC, Thakur N, Stanojevic S, Baugh AD, Braun L, Lovinsky-Desir S, Adamson R, Witonsky J, Wise RA, Levy SD, Brown R, Forno E, Cohen RT, Johnson M, Balmes J, Mageto Y, Lee CT, Masekela R, Weiner DJ, Irvin CG, Swenson ER, Rosenfeld M, Schwartzstein RM, Agrawal A, Neptune E, Wisnivesky JP, Ortega VE, Burney P. PMID: 36973004; PMCID: PMC10112445.
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    9. Genetic Ancestry to Improve Precision of Race/Ethnicity-based Lung Function Equations in Children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 03 15; 205(6):725-727. Witonsky J, Elhawary JR, Eng C, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Borrell LN, Burchard EG. PMID: 35085059.
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    10. Race- and Ethnicity-Based Spirometry Reference Equations: Are They Accurate for Genetically Admixed Children? Chest. 2022 07; 162(1):184-195. Witonsky J, Elhawary JR, Eng C, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Borrell LN, Burchard EG. PMID: 35033507; PMCID: PMC9279648.
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    11. Racial/ethnic differences in eligibility for asthma biologics among pediatric populations. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 11; 148(5):1324-1331.e12. Wohlford EM, Huang PF, Elhawary JR, Millette LA, Contreras MG, Witonsky J, Holweg CTJ, Oh SS, Lee C, Merenda C, Rabin RL, Araojo R, Mak ACY, Eng CS, Hu D, Huntsman S, LeNoir MA, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Borrell LN, Burchard EG. PMID: 34536416; PMCID: PMC9211042.
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    12. Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine - A Time for Reckoning with Racism. N Engl J Med. 2021 Feb 04; 384(5):474-480. Borrell LN, Elhawary JR, Fuentes-Afflick E, Witonsky J, Bhakta N, Wu AHB, Bibbins-Domingo K, Rodríguez-Santana JR, Lenoir MA, Gavin JR, Kittles RA, Zaitlen NA, Wilkes DS, Powe NR, Ziv E, Burchard EG. PMID: 33406325; PMCID: PMC8979367.
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    13. The association of environmental, meteorological, and pollen count variables with asthma-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations in the Bronx. J Asthma. 2019 Sep; 56(9):927-937. Witonsky J, Abraham R, Toh J, Desai T, Shum M, Rosenstreich D, Jariwala SP. PMID: 30207818.
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    14. Genetic Determinants of Telomere Length in African American Youth. Sci Rep. 2018 09 05; 8(1):13265. Zeiger AM, White MJ, Eng C, Oh SS, Witonsky J, Goddard PC, Contreras MG, Elhawary JR, Hu D, Mak ACY, Lee EY, Keys KL, Samedy LA, Risse-Adams O, Magaña J, Huntsman S, Salazar S, Davis A, Meade K, Brigino-Buenaventura E, LeNoir MA, Farber HJ, Bibbins-Domingo K, Borrell LN, Burchard EG. PMID: 30185882; PMCID: PMC6125592.
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    15. A haplotype map of the human genome. Nature. 2005 Oct 27; 437(7063):1299-320. International HapMap Consortium. PMID: 16255080; PMCID: PMC1880871.
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